This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Keywords: Humour, Satire Fiction, Love, Marriage, Girlfriend In fact it’s true that through humorous descriptions, Bhagat has shaped many Indians to develop reading habits. Throughout the novel, the author has given the utmost attempt to create laughter among the readers. Bhagat’s present fiction Half Girlfriend sets the story of how Madhav Jha from backward Bihar is in pursuit of winning over the girl that he likes. Mark Taiwan (1835-1910), a great humorist, entrepreneur and publisher rightly remarks that “Humour is mankind’s greatest blessing.” He also satirizes the so called beliefs and traditions of the society. In almost all his fictions, Chetan Bhagat has captured his deep concern about the adolescence in a comic and satiric way. This paper aims at exploring Chetan Bhagat’s Half Girlfriend in terms of its tone of humour and satire. “The satirist presupposes an educated readership which will easily be able to discover the implicit morality without any help other than a few ironic hints from the writer.” In fact they are short in supply. David Lubar an author of humorous books rightly remarks that “Humor brings pleasure, eases pain and makes the world a better place.” People of all ages respond to humour and satire.
George Meredith (1828-1909) in his Essay on Comedy and the Uses of Comic Spirit (1877) considers as the excellent test of the civilization of a country to be “the flourishing of comic idea and comedy” and it is of the true comedy that “it shall awaken thoughtful laughter” (Meredith 140). As the main ingredient, humour intends to induce enjoyment, breaks the dullness, boredom, tiresomeness and makes the audience’s nerves relaxed. Humour is the heart of literature that provokes laughter and provides amusement. Received Revised JAccepted JPublished August 23, 2017. Email: Assistant Professor, KIIT University Trailokya Nath Parida 1 & Itishri Sarangi 2ġ Lecturer in English, KISS/KIIT University. Indexing and Abstracting and Preservation of Digital Contents.
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